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An Act providing for alcoholic beverage licenses in the town of Bolton

Filed by Robyn K. Kennedy  ·  1 cosponsor  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

Became Chapter 146 of the Acts of 2026.

S2628  ·  Bill  ·  docket SD3257

19 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-10-06SenateReferred to the committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure
2025-10-08HouseHouse concurred
2026-01-08SenateReporting date extended to Thursday March 5, 2026
2026-01-23JointHearing scheduled for 02/04/2026 from 10:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
2026-03-09SenateBill reported favorably by committee and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
2026-04-01SenateRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-04-27SenateTaken out of the Orders of the Day
2026-04-27SenateRead third (title changed) and passed to be engrossed
2026-04-28HouseRead; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling
2026-05-26HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
2026-05-26HouseRules suspended
2026-05-26HouseRead second and ordered to a third reading
2026-06-10HouseRules suspended
2026-06-10HouseRead third, amended by substitution of a new text (H5494) and passed to be engrossed
2026-07-09SenateRules suspended
2026-07-09SenateSenate concurred in the House amendment
2026-07-13HouseEnacted
2026-07-13SenateEnacted and laid before the Governor
2026-07-17ExecutiveSigned by the Governor, Chapter 146 of the Acts of 2026

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1Floor Amendment Thomas P. WalshAdopted

1 committee vote

Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)  ·  2026-03-05 11:00  ·  Ought to pass

favorable · 6

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2026-02-04Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableConsumer Protection and Professional Licensure (J)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (S)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)
Correctly DrawnBills in the Third Reading (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.